A place for me to share my witterings and musings as well as my latest craft projects

Thursday, 14 May 2009

Justice: served

Jury Service is over.

Thank goodness. I fully understand the necessity of it and to start with, I did find it very interesting, but for these past few days, I have been going out of my mind. Part of the reason is that I just wanted to be back at work - we got the message last Friday that Ofsted were coming Wednesday and Thursday of this week and although in some ways it was nice not to be there for that, in so many other ways, I did want to be there - if nothing else, just to support my colleagues. Anyway, it's over now and I still haven't heard how it went. I think speculation was that it was going to be 'satisfactory' rather than 'good'. Oh well.

Anyway...on to happier things.

I have signed up for Sew, Mama Sew's May Giveaway Day. They hosted one back in December and by the sounds of it, it was great. If you want to join in, sign up ends on May 25th and you need to post your giveaway by May 27th. I have an idea about what I'll be giving away, but check back here to join in on the 27th!

Mary over at Still Waters commented on my post earlier in the week that no-one has yet signed up for her Pay it Forward. Go on - head on over there and join in the fun (although that said, I still have one space in my own PIF!) She posted about a fantastic bag that she made, so who knows what she'll send you in the PIF, but if the bag is anything to go by, it will be something great!

Lastly, we received the names of our swap partners in the Kids Mail Swap and we are so excited about putting our letters and things together. We have 4 in Australia and 1 in America, so how cool will that be to receive post from so far away! (I just hope the children like what we decide to send - I always get so nervous about these things!)

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To do....

2012I'm rolling some of these over from 2011 and adapting others. We'll see how I go!1) Blog more regularly!2) Go to the gym more regularly3) Take Cara for a day trip to London4) Go for afternoon tea5) Complete 1/2 marathon in September!6) Take Cara to Disneyland Paris7) Pay off credit card8) Complete a quilt9) Go on a night sleeper train10)Lose weight!

2011As 2010 closes, I am beginning to look to 2011 and, instead of making New Year's resolutions am more thinking of an 'ambition list'. Some things have been on my 'to do' list for a long time. Others are just things I want to achieve. I'm hoping that recording here will 'encourage' me more!

1) Blog at least once a week - failed miserably!2) Complete Photo a Day project for 2011 396 photos to represent 365 days.3) Open a bank account for Cara Think she's got more money saved than me!4) Close bank account no longer used5) Pay off student loan6) Pay off catalogue bill7) Pay off store card8) Pay off credit card - Hmmm. Still working on this one!9) Read at least one book a month - fail. I did read a fair few - especially when I discovered the Kindle app for my phone!10) Go to the gym at least three times a week - didn't manage this for the whole year, but I did for a fair while.11) Buy an external hard drive and back up lap top12) Enter ballot for tickets for the olympics So, I didn't get any, but I did apply!13) Go on a family picnic14) Finish making (at least) one quilt (of the many that have been started) - still many unfinished!15) Play Pooh Sticks Went to Pooh corner and tried to play Pooh Sticks. It was very dry though!16) Buy a dress for the school prom - didn't go to the prom, so didn't need a dress!17) Watch four 'classic' films I've never seen before - fail. I did join Love Film, but I didn't watch any classics!18) Go for afternoon tea - will definately try this one this year!19) Go camping Went with C and my nieces. Had a fabulous time. They keep asking me when we can go again!20) Write our wills - fail. I guess the thing on this years list will be to sort out the divorce as opposed to the wills!21) Go to the theatre saw The Jersey Boys22) Go to a London market Went to Greenwich Market a few times as well as Borough Market. Loved it!23) Take Cara on a train We went on the Tenterden Steam train with Nanny and Grandad - brilliant!24) Run a mile in 7 minutes (last achieved c.1999) - fail. I focused on running 1.6km which I managed to do in a time I was proud of. This year the focus will be on distance as opposed to speed!25) Get a gait analysis done